by admin | Jul 24, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Allyson Felix who capped her historic track and field career with her 30th medal. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down to the government banning women’s healthcare which has largely impacted the expansion discussions of both the...
by admin | Jul 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
An iconic photo featuring a very young Naomi Osaka watching a 22-year-old Rafael Nadal compete at the US Open is making the rounds on social media. In the image, the Japanese Haitian future WTA Tour champion can be seen in the stands right behind the Spanish tennis...
by admin | Jul 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi turned reflective Thursday when talking about what is likely to be the last time she’ll face her good friend, Seattle Storm star Sue Bird, on Friday night at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. It will be the 46th time the two...
by admin | Jul 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The CONCACAF W Championship is over and the lone victor, as of Monday night, is the U.S. women’s national team after beating Canada 1-0in the final. By winning this new tournament, the Americans were rewarded handsomely: they clinched a spot in the 2023...
by admin | Jul 22, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
This week, Vital Voices Global Partnership was proud to bring together three trailblazing leaders in professional sports at our newly opened global embassy for women to discuss the advantages and challenges of being a female in the front office at some of world’s...
by admin | Jul 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Caster Semenya’s first appearance in the world championships since 2017 saw her knocked out without fuss or fanfare after finishing 45 seconds off qualifying for Saturday’s 5,000m final. In temperatures that hit 32C, the South African finished 13th out of 16 runners...
by admin | Jul 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Former world No. 1 Venus Williams will make her singles comeback after nearly a year at the Citi Open, which begins next week in Washington, organizers said Thursday. The seven-time Grand Slam champion accepted a wild card for the July 30-Aug. 7 WTA 250 event a day...
by admin | Jul 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The NCAA has adequately addressed nine of 23 recommendations for creating comparable NCAA Tournament experiences for men’s and women’s basketball players, according to a progress report released Wednesday. College sports’ largest governing body hired a third party to...
by admin | Jul 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
WNBA stars Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins-Smith joined ESPYs host Steph Curry on the stage during Wednesday night’s show to share a powerful message about Brittney Griner’s wrongful detainment in Russia. “We cannot stop fighting for her,” Curry said. “We cannot...
by admin | Jul 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Most WNBA fans have deemed the Atlanta Dream’s Rhyne Howard, the 2022 No. 1 draft pick, the runaway favorite to win WNBA Rookie of the Year. But the race shouldn’t be as lopsided as it might appear because of the stellar, yet somewhat subdued in...
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